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KWQ 119

Text Information

Siglum
KWQ 119
Transliteration
l s²wʾ bn zʿbrn h ʾlt ʾ- ḥgr dn -hm yʿwr
Translation
By S²wʾ son of Zʿbrn O ʾlt of al-Ḥiǧr debase those who would efface [the inscription]

Interpretation

Commentary
The translation is based on that in Al-Jallad & Jaworska 2019: 64, s.v. dn (2) and Al-Jallad 2022: 95.

Provenance
Wādī Qattafi
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Inscriptions

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King at Wādī Qaṭṭāfī, north-eastern Jordan, and published here.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
  • Al-Jallad, A. The religion and rituals of the nomads of pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic inscriptions. (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 1). Leiden: Brill, 2022.
Site
Tell 6, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0024275
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